‘We will not stop' vow as Irish in Spain issued chilling ‘go home' warning before thousands to target 16 holiday spots
THOUSANDS of people across Spain are expected to attend protests scheduled across 16 holiday hotspots this summer, with activists vowing: "We will not stop".
Unrest between locals and tourists is
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Demonstrators in Barcelona protesting against mass tourism last year
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Acitivists against tourism stopped a tourist bus in front of La Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona last month
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A tourist looks at protesters marching on Las Americas beach during a demonstration against mass tourism in Tenerife last year
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Protests over the past year have already seen thousands of Spaniards
to march, block visitors from popular beaches and even
The activists are calling for a crackdown on accommodation pricing and regulations on non-resident accommodation.
They have also cited
Southern Europe Against Touristification, based in Barcelona, has confirmed that coordinated international protests against "tourism monoculture" will take place across 17 tourist hot spots on June 15.
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Protests will
While activists from Santander, Genoa, Pamplona, Marseille, Milan,
The cities
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The Canary Islands Environmental Coordinator group, which campaigns for "clean and sustainable" Canary Islands, has blamed the Government for not taking action.
Inside Tenerife's ongoing war between tourists and locals
It said: "They [the Government] continue to point out the protests with no intention of correcting what's causing them. You are responsible.
"We repeat: WE WILL NOT STOP. On May 18th, everyone, take to the streets."
Protestors have vowed to ramp up their demonstrations in June, blocking popular attractions and staging rallies in areas of Spain that are most popular with holidayers.
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It is understood that some locals plan to demonstrate at airports - potentially causing flight chaos - and blockade buses carrying tourists.
Just last weekend,
Activists blocked a tour bus and shot water pistols at it while chanting: "Tourists go home".
Protestors vowed to instil "fear" into tourists, in a desperate attempt to see some change to tourism policies in their country.
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A WAVE of anti-tourist measures are being implemented across Europe to curb mass tourism in popular holiday hotspots.
In
, plans have been scrapped to build 1,300 tourist home, with a ban on land sales to foreigners being considered.
On the party island of
Earlier this year, Venice became the first city in the world to
An area in
The city has already
The Spanish government has allowed
Benidorm has introduced time restrictions, such as a ban on swimming in the sea between midnight and 7am.
Greece has already enforced a tourist tax during the high season - from March to October - with visitors expected to pay from €1 to €4 per night, depending on the booked accommodation.
Protestor Elena Boschi in Barcelona told the Mirror: "We want tourists to have some level of fear about the situation, without fear, there is no change."
She added: "Our cities and regions are not for sale and there is an urgent need to limit the growth of tourism, demand a change of course and decide on a path to tourism de-growth as a way out".
Similar events will take place across the
Locals will start the demonstration - which
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And a total of 15 separate groups have said they will take to the streets across the Canary Islands under an umbrella protest platform, fuming "The Canary Islands Have a Limit."
The platform said: 'We've still lacking a true change of model that guarantees a decent future for the people who live in these islands.
'That's why we're announcing that in the month of May we will
A spokesman claimed the eight islands that make up the Atlantic Ocean archipelago were 'collapsing' under tourist pressure and the future for locals being priced out of somewhere to live by 'foreign speculators' encouraged by regional government inaction looked bleaker than ever.
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Anti-tourism stickers have been placed around Palma Majorca
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Overtourism protests took place in front of La Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona last month
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